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Student Accomplishments
Marat Daukayev has been sending students to compete at national and international ballet competitions since the school opened in 2001. We are proud that our students have consistently been selected to move on to semi-finalist rounds, and that we have won many awards. In order to prepare for these events, we offer Competition Class to work on the classical and contemporary variations that they will present.
Here is a partial list of our student accomplishments:
Current Students:
Elizabeth Addas
2010: Top 12, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, San Diego
Misako Benso
2010: Top 24, Junior Division, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2009: 1st Place, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, San Diego
Adam Bernstein
2011: 3rd Place, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Elizabeth Del Rosario
2010: Top 12, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, San Diego
2009: Top 12, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, San Diego
Isabella Franco
2011: 2nd Place, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Grace Grant
2011: 1st Place, Senior Contemporary, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Eli Gruska
2011: 1st Place, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Maine Kawashima
2010: Top 24, Junior Division, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Rahel Lebsekal
2010: Top 12, Junior Division, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Matisse Love
2011: Top 12, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2010: Top 12, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Devin Alexus-Marin
2010: Top 12, Junior Classical, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, San Francisco
Isabella Seo
2011: Top 12, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2010: Top 24, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Ensembles:
"Ocean & Pearls"
2011: Top 12 Ensemble, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach: Elizabeth Addas, Eli Gruska, Matisse Love
"La Chasse" (Andi Schermoly)
2011: Top 12 Ensemble, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach: Elizabeth Addas, Sarah Frieman, Isabella Sao, Jordan Alberstone, Elizabeth Del Rosario, Anne Kim, Elizabeth Seo, Adam Bernstein, Alexandra Del Rosario, Naomi Jaeger, Ysabella Del Rosario, Zoe Gardner, Rahel Lebsekal, Maine Kawashima
"Pizzicato"
2011: Top 12 Ensemble, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach: Isabella Seo & Elizabeth Seo
"Pas de Trois from Nutcracker"
2010: NYC Finalists, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach: Elizabeth Addas, Eli Gruska, Matisse Love
"Magic" (Adonis Daukayev)
2009: NYC Finalists, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach: Misako Benson, Sarah Cook, Alexandra Del Rosario, Elizabeth Del Rosario, Zoe Gardner, Devin Alexus-Marin, Jolie Moray, Ariana Spitz, Chloe Taylor
"Mozart for 10" (Viktor Kabaniev)
2009: NYC Finalists, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach: Dominique Alessi, Mackenzie Alessi, Seanie Civale, Hannah Cook, Luis Delcid, Ysabella Del Rosario, Devin Alexus-Marin, Martin Seifrid, Sophia Shlosman, Katilyn Yiu
Alumni:
Norbert De La Cruz
2006: 3rd Place, Senior Men’s Contemporary, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Luis Del Cid
2010: Full Scholarship, The Rock School, Pennsylvania
2010: 3rd Place, Senior Men’s Contemporary, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Destini Hollis
2007: Top 12 Contemporary, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Daisy Long
Currently: Corps de Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Stuttgart, Germany
2007: John Cranko (School of the Stuttgart Ballet), Stuttgart, Germany
2006: Invitation to Jackson Ballet Competition and Prix de Lausanne
2006: Top 25, Final Round, YAGP Finals, New York City
2006: 1st Place, Senior Contemporary, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2006: 3rd Place (tie), Senior Classical, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2005: Helsinki Ballet Competition
2005: 3rd Place, Senior Classical, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2004: Top 14, Junior Classical, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Long Beach
Regina Montgomery
2010: The Rock School, Pennsylvania
2009: 1st Place, Junior Classical, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2009: Top 12, Junior Contemporary, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2009: 3rd Place, Junior Contemporary, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, San Diego
2008: 1st Place, Junior Classical, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2008: 2nd Place, Junior Contemporary, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2007: 2nd Place, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2006: Top 12, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Merritt Moore
2010: Boston Ballet Company, Corps de Ballet, Senior Company
2009: Alonzo Lines Ballet, Guest Soloist, Italian Tour, Bolsano, Italy
2008: Zurich Ballet Company, Corps de Ballet, Senior Company, Switzerland
2007: Harvard Ballet Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2006: Prix de Lausanne
Jolie Moray
2009: Top 12, Pre-Competitive, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, San Diego
Anastasia Sinitsyna
Currently: Corps de Ballet, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Vienna, Austria
2006: John Cranko School (School of the Stuttgart Ballet), Stuttgart, Germany
2006: Invitation to Jackson Ballet Competition
2005: Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington, D.C.
2004: 1st Place (tie), Senior Classical, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2003: Top 12, Junior Classical, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Chloe Taylor
2010: Top 24, Junior Division, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Kaitlyn Yiu
2009: Top 12, Junior Classical, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, San Diego
Katherine Zee,
2009: Grand Prix Winner, Senior Division, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2007: Top 10, Vienna International Ballet Competition
Mia Zee
2009: Heinz Bosl School, Munich, Germany (School of the Bavarian State Ballet)
2006: Honorable Mention, Spotlight Awards, Music Center, Los Angeles, California
2006: Top 25, Final Round, YAGP Finals, New York City
2006: Top 12, Senior Contemporary, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2006: 3rd Place, Senior Classical (tie), YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2005: 3rd Place, Junior Contemporary, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2005: Top 12, Junior Classical, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
Daphne Zneimer
Currently: Napoles Ballet, Soloist/Corps de Ballet, San Francisco, California
2007: Liss Fain Ballet, Soloist/Corp de Ballet, San Francisco, California
2001: 3rd Place, Senior Contemporary, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Long Beach
Teacher Awards
2009: Viktor Kabaniev, Best Choreographer, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2007: Marat Daukayev, Best Teacher, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach
2006: Marat Daukayev, Best Teacher, YAGP Regional Semi-Final, Huntington Beach